PSJ Corporation Co., Ltd, headquartered in Kawachinagano, Osaka Prefecture, will hold the Nemophila Festival 2026 at Osaka Maishima Seaside Park in Konohana Ward, the city of Osaka, from Saturday, April 11 to Sunday, May 10.
The Nemophila Festival has been held on Maishima, a manmade island adjacent to Yumeshima, another artificial island that served as the site of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan. This major spring event allows visitors to enjoy blooming nemophila across an area of about 44,000 square meters overlooking the Akashi Kaikyo (Strait) Bridge, in the pleasant sea breeze.
The festival is timed to coincide with the season when nemophila is in full bloom. The organizer recommends that visitors take photos of the breathtaking view of nemophila flowers blanketing the hillside in blue, harmonizing with the vast expanse of Osaka Bay and the clear blue sky. Approximately 230,000 people visited the Nemophila Festival 2024 that lasted for about a month.
The nemophila, an annual plant native to North America, is called “rurikarakusa” in Japanese and produces beautiful flowers reminiscent of the blue sky. The vast blue expanse of nemophila in full bloom, as if they were connected to the sky and the sea, has become a hot topic on social media, particularly among younger generations, as being “photogenic.”
There are many photo spots at the festival site, including a large “MAISHIMA” monument and an area showcasing seasonal flowers that bloom alongside nemophila. Moreover, the opening hours of the site will be extended until after sunset on weekends and public holidays as well as during the “Golden Week” holiday period from late April to early May. This will allow visitors to admire nemophila flowers that look fantastic as they reflect the glow of the sunset. Such a scene cannot be seen during the daytime. Maishima has been selected as one of Japan’s Top 100 sunset spots (*).
*The 100 sunset spots in Japan have been selected by “NPO Association to Promote Landscapes with Sunset and Sunrise on the Japanese Archipelago.”
